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Showing that Toyota isn't Japan's only "green" carmaker, Mazda president and CEO Hisakazu Imaki (pictured)
highlighted Mazda's environmental initiatives in a press conference leading in to this year's Tokyo Motor Show.

Direct injection also makes possible Mazda?s ?Smart Idling Stop System? that uses direct injection of fuel into a
stopped engine to restart it without using a starter motor. This makes restarting after fuel-saving idle shutdown
easier, quieter and more efficient.

Imaki outlined Mazda?s progress in developing hybrids with Ford, including upcoming pilot tests of hybrid Mazda
Tributes in the U.S. He went on to say that Mazda would introduce production hybrids ?in the near future.?

Finally, he said Mazda is ahead of schedule with its hydrogen-fueled rotary engine, with a lease program for hydrogen
RX-8s launching in early 2006.